The real reasons why analog synths are superior to softsynths

[osiris]

I'm waiting for a video:
Digital killed the analog stuff....

[Sendy]

circuits. lovely, crusty dusty circuits.

You should keep your gear in a cleaner place

[kritikon]

Been done to death. Boring. Moving on.

[Aleatoriac]

But this one was done with added late 2013 spice!

[lionscub68]

I prefer missionary.

[Robmobius]

Remember it is only a hypothesis. Maybe it could even be tested with the right design?

Discuss.

Hypothesis - a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Proof - evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of a statement.

[cryophonik]

The real reason analogue sounds better.

Yup. That's why I bolted wood panels to the side of my computer monitors. Problem is, all my additive synths sound like Moogs now.

[ZenPunkHippy]

Cool! For my setup I went for the 8-bit retro 80s sound

[cryophonik]

Cool! For my setup I went for the 8-bit retro 80s sound

Wow, that looks like it sounds really warm!

[lionscub68]

Cool! For my setup I went for the 8-bit retro 80s sound

Wow, that looks like it sounds really warm!

Oh, goody... a new hardware controller for Alchemy!

[CableChannel]

putting a bucket over your speaker and slowly pulling it back sounds better than any analogue filter

[ZenPunkHippy]

Wow, that looks like it sounds really warm!

Oh yar, it's real warm sounding.

The first mod will be slide out panels so that I can choose different types of wood (to fine tune the sound during mixdown).

[Flandersh]

1. You know they are analog and thereby better pr. definition.

2. They are often made in more robust materials than plastic, which makes them feel authentic.

3. They have real wires and often complicated to set up, which make them feel sophisticated.

4. Playing them makes you feel like a real musician compared to clicking softsynths with your mouse, which makes you feel like a computer nerd.

5. They are more beautiful than a PC.

6. They are three dimensional not two dimensional, which enhance their authenticity.

7. The fact that you sometimes have to get them repaired enhance their authenticity.

8. They feel more authentic to bring to a jam - or live gig than a PC and a controller.

9. They are much more expensive, which makes them feel more valuable.

10. They even smell better, especially when they get hot.

1. Well, yes. Analog is more in line with my philosophical stance; unpredictable and ever changing becoming in contrast to the predictable and static being of digital discrete states.

2. My analog is in plastic, and my computer is in metal, so I do not think it has any effect on authencity.

3. It is no more sophisticated than NI Reaktor. Naturally, since the being have the possibilities the becoming does not need.

4. I do not feel more of a real musician playing with my analog synth. I have never been a musician and my tools does not influence that.

5. To an extent, but they are still dead-end boxes my cat does not see the difference in.

6. As long as both are a part of space both have the same authencity.

7. I believe my PC more often need to be repaired than my analog synth.

8. They do not feel more authentic, but stable in another way. Since it is becoming its chaotic behavior feel more natural than the BSOD in being.

9. My computer was more expensive, and the value in the analog synth is not an economical value to me, but a very other value.

10. I have not noticed any special smell from it... Should I?

[Phil999]

authentic audio-rate modulation

and many other little details in sound. But it depends on the patch. Simple patches are quite easy to emulate with software.

[lionscub68]

I think any Kontakt library that has samples of a airtual analog hardware unit like the Virus, emulating the virtual analog Roland JP-8000, emulating a patch from the Jupiter-8 is the way to go.